ATTENTION CAR GUYS!!!

[gregintenn]

1 hour ago, KahrMan said:

One company bought all the cars except 5. There were some nice cars there. 

Really? Who?

[hipower]

6 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

 

That was one rough p.o.s. It did sound good however sever.

Sad. Almost makes me feel better.  But not much.

Allergies bit me hard, very hard, Thursday morning. Worst I've had in years.

So I probably wouldn't have gone today.

Edited April 6, 2019 by hipower

[KahrMan]

2 hours ago, gregintenn said:

Really? Who?

In that link it shows the high bidder for each auction.   It is some email address. Not sure what the company is. 

[No_0ne]

On 4/6/2019 at 3:05 PM, gregintenn said:

I will say the photographer was quite talented, as many of the cars were pretty rough.

When I looked at the original listing, I suspected as much.  With really nice cars, the photographers normally go all out to highlight the details, this listing did exactly the opposite. From the results, the cars brought about what I expected, the '57 Ford convertible project appears to have gone cheap, although admittedly there's not much to go on from the pics ...

[gregintenn]

One more odd thing, they announced that several of the VIN plates were missing. I don't know the exact wording of the law, but I always thought that was a must.

[DaveTN]

34 minutes ago, gregintenn said:

One more odd thing, they announced that several of the VIN plates were missing. I don't know the exact wording of the law, but I always thought that was a must.

Altering or removing VIN's is a felony under Federal law. However that same law allows it under certain circumstances. Such as a scrap processor, or when repairs require the removal.

 If you are looking at a vehicle that is in fairly decent shape and the vin plate has been removed or messed with; its probably a stolen vehicle.

A lot of vehicles have the VIN in other places besides the VIN plate.

[gregintenn]

On 4/6/2019 at 8:07 PM, KahrMan said:

In that link it shows the high bidder for each auction.   It is some email address. Not sure what the company is. 

I believe those were bought by onsite bidders. The others were online bidders.

[KahrMan]

2 hours ago, gregintenn said:

I believe those were bought by onsite bidders. The others were online bidders.

That would make more sense than one company buying all but 5.

[No_0ne]

They were probably referring to the door data plates, which are often missing when cars get repaired.  In most cases, these are not the federally mandated VIN numbers, those are typically found on the frame, engine block, and several other places.  In many older cars, the laws regarding VIN identification were different when they were made, so the normal locations don't always apply ...